Because Ga. L. 1981, p. 1578, § 2 repealed Code sections designated §§ 16-12-101 through 16-12-108 and enacted new Code sections designated as §§ 16-12-110 through 16-12-113, the Code did not originally contain a Code section designated as § 16-12-109. In 2003, the Code Commission reserved § 16-12-109; however, Ga. L. 2007, p. 47, § 16, effective May 11, 2007, repealed the reservation of this Code section.
For annual survey of criminal law and procedure, see 35 Mercer L. Rev. 103 (1983).
The General Assembly finds that the sale, loan, and exhibition of
harmful materials to minors has become a matter of increasingly grave concern to the people of this state. The elimination of such sales, loans, and exhibition and the consequent protection of minors from harmful materials are in the best interest of the morals and general welfare of the citizens of this state in general and of minors in this state in particular. The accomplishment of these ends can best be achieved by providing public prosecutors with an effective power to commence criminal proceedings against persons who engage in the sale, loan, or exhibition of harmful materials to minors.